Frank Wang

@ffwang2

security @hellosurgeai. formerly headway, dbt labs, dell tech capital, mit, stanford.

San Francisco, CA

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Joined June 2008

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Frank Wang
@ffwang2
Jun 14, 2022
My newsletter, Frankly Speaking, is back! I'm launching a freemium version but with more consistent articles and hot takes on my experience as an engineer and former VC working in cybersecurity: franklyspeaking.substack.com/p/frankly-spea… Subscribe here: franklyspeaking.substack.com/subscribe
Frankly Speaking 6/14/22 -- I'm back! What is a security engineer? (and some changes)
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Frank Wang
@ffwang2
Aug 11
i'm going to write a longer post or several of course, but my main learning is from blackhat/defcon, if your security leader/CISO and team aren't effective at using AI for defense, your org has a problem.
Frank Wang
@ffwang2
Jul 29
totally agree. anyone who can't be hands on, i.e. pure people managers, only create more friction at an org, esp. for eng and security.
swyx
@swyx
Jul 28
re: hiring right now it's a huge bull market for AI-native IC's/player-coaches it's a huge bear market for "heads of X" managers never seen such furious bifurcation. to oversimplify: 1 year experience managing 10 agents > 10 years experience managing 10-100 people
Frank Wang
@ffwang2
Jul 28
Security's instinctual fear of AI is actively giving adversaries the upper hand. 🧵 In a recent position paper, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei noted that broad access to open-weights models doesn't inherently favor defenders because guardrails can be stripped away by malicious
Why security should embrace AI
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Frank Wang
@ffwang2
Jul 22
Heading to Vegas for Black Hat and DEF CON next week. 🧵 I haven't done the full dual-conference marathon since my VC days, but this year feels different. We are in the middle of a massive structural shift: the rise of the technical practitioner. Here is what I'm tracking
What I'm thinking about going into Blackhat/Defcon
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